Republicans in Congress are no longer governing on principle — they’re governing out of fear.

This week on Political Rehab, we break down what happens when a political party becomes trapped by one man’s power. From Trump-backed primary revenge campaigns in Indiana to Mike Johnson struggling to control a collapsing House majority, the Republican Party is increasingly behaving less like a governing coalition and more like a hostage situation.

In this episode:
• Trump’s growing big-government movement and the collapse of fiscal conservatism
• Why Republicans who challenge Trump are getting politically destroyed
• ICE escalation, mass deportation politics, and why the administration doesn’t care about damaging headlines
• Mike Johnson’s House leadership crisis and the growing dysfunction inside Congress
• Kash Patel, FBI retaliation fears, and the investigation into a journalist who published damaging reporting
• War profiteering concerns tied to Iran, oil prices, and economic instability
• Trump’s third-term rhetoric and whether the guardrails around presidential power are starting to fail
• The political silence surrounding Trump’s visible cognitive decline

Plus: a Dose of Hope involving the Pope, customer service, and why scientific breakthroughs still matter even while politics dominates the headlines.

Political Rehab is a political commentary podcast covering Donald Trump, Congress, constitutional issues, elections, media, political strategy, government power, the Republican Party, and the future of American democracy.